- DBA Powers to control who can shutdown, encrypt and upgrade databases.
- Secure Server which makes the Derby Network Server secure by default.
- Language Based Ordering which adds built in language based ordering (collation) and like processing to Derby.
- SSL/TLS to allow secure SSL/TLS communication between a client and a Derby server.
- Various performance improvements in query processing along with reduced CPU usage in Derby embedded core engine.
- Alter Table DROP or RENAME of a column. This means that most dynamic schema modifications are now possible in Derby.